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Additional Name(s):
Шарифуллин Фарит Азатович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports…
Oct 27, 2022
To commemorate this year’s International Religious Freedom Day and the 24th Anniversary of the enactment of the International Religious Freedom Act in 1998, USCIRF reflects on the important role civil society plays…
Additional Name(s):
Гималиев Марсель Минехалимович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Oct 27, 2022
USCIRF Observes International Religious Freedom Day
Calls for U.S. Special Adviser on IRF within the National Security Council
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today commemorates…
Additional Name(s):
Jumanazar Yuldashowich Hojambetow
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
BL-E/6, Balkan Region
Perpetrator:
Turkmenistan
Ethnic Group:…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
MR-E/16, Bayramali, Mary Region
Perpetrator:
Turkmenistan
Ethnic Group:
Turkmen
Religion or Belief:
Muslim –…
Additional Name(s):
Ahmet Bayramberdiyewich Mammetdurdyyew
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
MR-E/16, Bayramali, Mary Region
Perpetrator:
Turkmenistan…
Additional Name(s):
Meret Hydyrowich Owezow
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
MR-E/16, Bayramali, Mary Region
Perpetrator:
Turkmenistan
Ethnic Group:…
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
MR-E/16, Bayramali, Mary Region
Perpetrator:
Turkmenistan
Ethnic Group:
Turkmen
Religion or Belief:
Muslim –…
Additional Name(s):
پویا صراف
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
莫武隆
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Wangling Prison
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Unspecified/Other…
Additional Name(s):
程进峰
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Han
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Unspecified/Other…
Additional Name(s):
An Ran, 崔浩新, 安然
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Hui
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Unspecified/Other…
Additional Name(s):
马利克
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Hui
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Unspecified/Other…
Additional Name(s):
Ma Zhixue, мажыңшие, 马止学
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Hui
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Unspecified/Other…
Additional Name(s):
牟国建
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Hui
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Unspecified/Other…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical…
Nov 4, 2022
Since 2014, when ISIS launched its genocidal campaign against the Yazidis—a minority ethno-religious group within the Kurdish-majority areas of Iraq, Syria, Iran and Turkey, as well as in Armenia–hundreds of…
This factsheet highlights Algerian laws that pose risks to freedom of religion or belief. This report summarizes the intersection of law, religion, and politics in recent Algerian history. It highlights aspects of Algerian law that are inconsistent with…
Nov 4, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Law and Religion in Algeria
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom conditions in Algeria:
Law and…
Additional Name(s):
Andrey Emikovich Danielyan, Даниелян Андрей Эмикович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 4, Altai Territory
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
周金霞
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
曹庆恩
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
戴志超
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
李子虎
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
苏炳森
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
丁书奇
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
刘应许
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
杨荣丽
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
China
Ethnic Group:
Han
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant…
Additional Name(s):
王晓光
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
张乘豪
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
陈利军
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
安彦魁
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
China
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Gabyshev, Габышев Александр Прокопьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Yakut
Religion or Belief:…
Nov 10, 2022
Tajikistan’s population is majority Sunni Muslim, with a small Shi’a Muslim community which primarily consists of ethnic Pamiris located in the mountainous eastern part of the country known as the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO).…
Additional Name(s):
Elahe Mohammadi, الهه محمدی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
پروا بهداد
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Nov 15, 2022
USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Death Sentences for Protesters Asserting Religious Freedom and Other Rights
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) deplores Iran’s pursuit of death sentences on…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Seredkin, Aleksandr Ivanovich Seredkin, Серёдкин Александр Иванович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian –…
Additional Name(s):
Viktor Vladimirovich Zimovskiy, Зимовский Виктор Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
This report provides an overview of the ways governments enforce religion through their laws and policies, along with the religious freedom and related human rights implications of that coercion. The official enforcement of religion-based laws and…
Nov 17, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom Implications of
Official and Favored Religions
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Global Overview of…
Nov 18, 2022
More than a decade after the onset of Syria’s civil war, the conflict continues with multiple state and non-state actors vying for power. Today, one of the most notable non-state actors is the militant Islamist…
Nov 22, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in India
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
India Country Update – This report provides a broad…
This report provides a broad overview of religious freedom conditions in India in 2021 and 2022. It examines how various policies adopted and implemented by the Indian government have cultivated an environment that is increasingly hostile toward…
This report provides an overview of religious freedom conditions in Sri Lanka in 2022. This past year, the country sank into a severe economic crisis that precipitated a serious lack of fuel and basic necessities. As a result of this crisis and overall…
Nov 23, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Sri Lanka Country Update – This report provides an…
Additional Name(s):
فائزه عبدی پور
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sufi
Reports of Torture…
This factsheet analyzes religious freedom conditions in northwestern Syria under the de facto governance of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former al-Qaeda affiliate and U.S.-designated terrorist group. The rebel group continues to grow its…
Nov 25, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Under Syrian Rebel Group HTS
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Religious Freedom…
Nov 25, 2022
Alevis constitute the largest religious minority in Turkey and have faced persistent obstacles to the exercise of their religious freedom. In October 2022, the Turkish government announced its plan to create a new state-run Alevi institution—…
Additional Name(s):
کاکی سعید الماسی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
سیاوش کلیایی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
کامیاب حیدری
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
سید علی دکه ای
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
سیدشاهو شاه ابراهیمی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
افشین عظیمی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
میثم عظیمی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
حمید زندی نژاد
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
نوید حسنلو
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
سید فواد شاه ابراهیمی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
فائزه رعنایی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
نقی رحمانی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
Seyyed Masoum Razavi, معصوم رضوی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
حمید افشاری
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
رشید محمدی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
بردیا تاجدینی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
معراج همتی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
امین ملک زاده
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
فرزاد رحمت آبادی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
سید فریبرز شاه ابراهیمی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Ethnic Group:
Kurd
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani…
Additional Name(s):
نوشاد طاهری
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
علی نظری
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture:…
Additional Name(s):
سید فرهاد ذالنوری
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Ethnic Group:
Kurd
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani…
Additional Name(s):
سید فریدون طاهری
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
محمد بهرامی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
غدیر رحیمی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
حمید گرگین
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
مهر علی همتی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
نعمت پورولی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
شهروز اسماعیلی
Gender:
Unspecified
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture…
Additional Name(s):
ساناز تفضلی
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
نیما مهین بخت
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture:
No…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
Homayoun Khanlari, همایون خانلری
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Lakan Prison, Rasht
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Івана Левицького
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
Богдана Гелети
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic
Health Concerns:
Diabetes…
Additional Name(s):
Enrique Martínez Gamboa, Benito Enrique Martínez
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Nicaragua
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Catholic…
Additional Name(s):
نسیم کاشانی نژاد
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Adel-Abad Prison, Shiraz
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
Şahin Qədirov
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Azerbaijan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Shi'a
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
Ruslan Suleymanov, Сулейманов Руслан Серверович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Ethnic Group:
Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief…
This factsheet provides a background of USCIRF’s FoRB Victims List, a database that catalogues victims who have been detained, imprisoned, placed under house arrest, disappeared, forced to renounce their faith, and tortured for their religious belief,…
Dec 2, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB)…
Additional Name(s):
سید کرم عباسی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
سید امین عباسی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
سید سروش عباسی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Yarsani
Reports of Torture:
No…
Dec 2, 2022
USCIRF Outraged by Omission of Nigeria and India from State Department’s List of Countries of Particular Concern
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) finds it inexplicable that the U.S. Department of…